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BOISE, Idaho — For generations, names for many Idaho geographical features have used “squaw,” a derogatory term for Native American women. Squaw Butte. Little Squaw Creek. Squaw Flat. Squaw Meadow.
BOISE, Idaho — For generations, names for many Idaho geographical features have used “squaw,” a derogatory term for Native American women. Squaw Butte. Little Squaw Creek. Squaw Flat. Squaw Meadow.
The Department of Interior is working to make a derogatory Native American slur history by removing it from Utah peaks, lakes and flats.
Federal officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for hundreds of geographic features in three dozen states that include the word “squaw.”
Federal officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for hundreds of geographic features in three dozen states that include the word “squaw.”